Wellp, that wraps that up then!

MrColossal · Fri 06/08/2004 23:51:01

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040806/sc_nm/ireland_atlantis_dc

You can go home Indy... We won't be needing you after all...

Haddas · Fri 06/08/2004 23:58:56

Heh. This is big news! As a big fan of archeology, paleontology and history I find this most interesting. Why didn't anyone think of Ireland? How did Plato know about Ireland? Where are my socks? These are all big questions, Give me more answers! If Ireland indeed IS this advanced society that Atlantis is claimed to be, then where are the ruins, or are there ruins? I'm tired...

Mr Jake · Sat 07/08/2004 00:23:54

God... imagine what yufster will be like when she finds out.... We may need to sedate her.

LGM · Sat 07/08/2004 02:40:12

If yufster is an Atlantian.. No wonder they dissapeared thousands of years ago.. :-p

DGMacphee · Sat 07/08/2004 02:48:36

Wait! He didn't divide his measurements by ten! He's looking in the wrong place!

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Sat 07/08/2004 06:02:55

"I am amazed no one has come up with this before, it's incredible," he told Reuters.

I know why no one came up with it before, they were looking for LEGITIMATE locations, that's why. This guy reminds me of that Von Doniken dude from the 80s that went to prison for falsifying mummy remains or something.

rodekill · Sat 07/08/2004 06:20:09

Ahhhh, so THAT's what all those orichalcum beads are doing in my grandmothers sewing drawer.

Nacho · Sat 07/08/2004 07:27:59

I thought Plato was trying to tell a tale.

Privateer Puddin' · Sat 07/08/2004 09:49:23

Family Guy had a scene where Ireland was a great country before they discovered alcohol... it's a sign!!1

Redwall · Sat 07/08/2004 16:26:52

Quote from: ProgZmax on Sat 07/08/2004 06:02:55
"I am amazed no one has come up with this before, it's incredible," he told Reuters.

I know why no one came up with it before, they were looking for LEGITIMATE locations, that's why. This guy reminds me of that Von Doniken dude from the 80s that went to prison for falsifying mummy remains or something.

It's a load of bullshit, but it's an amusing load of bullshit.

edmundito · Sat 07/08/2004 16:47:45

Has anyone seen that episode of Family Guy where I think Peter has this odd flashback about ireland being super advanced (with flying cars and all), and then some irish scientist invented alcohol and it all fell apart?

The news story reminds me of that.

LGM · Sat 07/08/2004 17:40:57

* [lgm] visualizes new ad camapaign possibilties to demote the consumption of alcohol.

Andail · Sat 07/08/2004 17:55:15

As much as a tale is always a tale, and how unlikely it may sound, most myths and tales derive from things that seem insignifact and far-fetched nowadays.

I don't think there's anything that makes the ireland theory less implausible than any other theory (even though some replies in this thread implies further insight in the field of archeology), and I don't think it's far-fetched enough to be called ridiculous.

Mr Jake · Sat 07/08/2004 21:31:35

I dont think its too far fetched from reading the article.

Meowster · Sat 07/08/2004 22:53:50

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahaHAhahAHaHAHAHAHahahAHAHA!!!

That's funny because, apparently, there is a lost city in my back garden. Not joking. There is supposed to be an ancient village located somewhere around where I live, that reaches under our fields.

Haha! Now who is laughing, eh?! You people from the Land of America!? Or I!? From the Lost City of Ireland!!!!

HAHahAHaha!!!

Mr Jake · Sat 07/08/2004 22:54:52

I told you... get the tranqs

Meowster · Sat 07/08/2004 23:06:21

JEALOUSY! JEALOUSY!

Am I Irish!? No! I am ATLANTEAN!!!

HAHAHahhaHAhahaHaha!

We don't have broadband yet, in Atlantis...

DMonkey · Sun 08/08/2004 00:30:58

It would appear that more Atlanteans live in the Land of America than in the Lost City of Ireland.

Take that!

Mr Jake · Sun 08/08/2004 00:40:09

soon the Ferries will have special 'Indiana Jones Cruise nights' during the trip to Ireland

Rincewind · Sun 08/08/2004 09:57:11

Yufster, with this mystery revealed, I think you should keep your eyes out for people trying to build odd machinery in your backyard. Especially if they have a curious german accent and like to wave Lugers around a lot.